The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story By Kate Summerscale; Brand New

Description: The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story By Kate Summerscale Hardcover: 368 Pages — Publisher: Penguin Press; First Edition (2021) Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR •The Sunday Times •The New Statesman •The Times •The Spectator •The Telegraph Shortlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A New York Times Book Review Paperback Row Selection “Prepare not to see much broad daylight, literal or metaphorical, for days if you read this.... The atmosphere evoked is something I will never forget.”—The Times (London) London, 1938. In the suburbs of the city, a young housewife has become the eye in a storm of chaos. In Alma Fielding’s modest home, china flies off the shelves and eggs fly through the air; stolen jewelry appears on her fingers, white mice crawl out of her handbag, beetles appear from under her gloves; in the middle of a car journey, a turtle materializes on her lap. The culprit is incorporeal. As Alma cannot call the police, she calls the papers instead. After the sensational story headlines the news, Nandor Fodor, a Hungarian ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical Research, arrives to investigate the poltergeist. But when he embarks on his scrupulous investigation, he discovers that the case is even stranger than it seems. By unravelling Alma’s peculiar history, Fodor finds a different and darker type of haunting, a tale of trauma, alienation, loss and revenge. He comes to believe that Alma’s past has bled into her present, her mind into her body. There are no words for processing her experience, so it comes to possess her. As the threat of a world war looms, and as Fodor’s obsession with the case deepens, Alma becomes ever more disturbed. With characteristic rigor and insight, Kate Summerscale brilliantly captures the rich atmosphere of a haunting that transforms into a very modern battle between the supernatural and the subconscious. Condition: BRAND NEW. Payment: Credit, Debit, and gift cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and PayPal Credit. If you are bidding on multiple items and/or need more than 7 days to complete payment, please be sure to contact me. I gladly combine shipments of two or more items. Combined shipping is best facilitated by contacting me before payment. If an item remains unpaid for 7 days, I begin the Unpaid Item process with eBay to recover my eBay fees, will relist the item, and an unpaid item ding will be recorded on the non-paying bidder's/buyer's Ebay account. Shipping: If this auction features free shipping, there is no shipping cost to the buyer. Otherwise, Buyer pays shipping. Please Note: Sellers are not responsible for service transit time. This information is provided by the carrier (i.e., US Postal Service) and excludes weekends and holidays. Carrier's transit times can vary considerably during peak periods; therefore, I make no guarantees about transit times (despite Ebay's promises), but I will put your package into the carrier's system in one business day. Please note: I do not ship on Saturdays or Sundays, as my local post office is closed on weekends. Items purchased after 12:00 p.m. on Friday, on Saturday, or on Sunday will be shipped the following Monday. Feedback: I leave positive feedback for all of my customers who pay on time and leave me positive feedback. As soon as I receive your feedback, I will leave feedback for you.

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Location: Sacramento, California

End Time: 2024-10-30T21:10:00.000Z

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Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Age Level: Adults, Young Adults

Original Language: English

Intended Audience: Adults

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Subject: Paranormal & Metaphysical

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Type: Non-Fiction Book

Era: 2020s

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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Book Title: Haunting of Alma Fielding : a True Ghost Story

Number of Pages: 368 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Publication Year: 2021

Topic: Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Supernatural

Item Height: 1.1 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, True Crime, History

Item Weight: 17 Oz

Item Length: 8.5 in

Author: Kate Summerscale

Item Width: 5.6 in

Format: Hardcover